Capturing Beauty

By Jay W. MacIntosh

For most of her life, Jay W. MacIntosh (born Janet Tallulah Jewell) has loved flowers. It started when she was little. When her mother planted vegetables, she planted flowers. When her mother harvested carrots or lettuce or squash, she picked flowers. As she grew older, she knew most of the homes with fresh flowers in their yards. She knew hedges with flowers and yards with jonquils and tulips and narcissus. Her love affair with flowers continued. While she was practicing law in Los Angeles, California, she became interested in photography as a hobby and began taking pictures of roses. This book is a collection of her favorites with selected quotations. One reader describes this book as such: "Whenever I see a photo of a rose posted, I repost as a reminder that there is beauty around us. Jay MacIntosh's book ['Capturing Beauty'] was given to me as a birthday gift, and I just adore it. I look through it over and over again - not only for the beauty of the photography, but also for the wonderful quotes Ms. MacIntosh puts next to each rose. So, along with her eye for capturing a moment in time on Mother Nature's watch, we read what Einstein has to say or the Buddha and such. Instead of thinking of so much ugliness on the news or postings, these flowers refresh the soul. The quotes make one contemplate better ways of living and doing things. I cherish this book and feel that looking through it over and over again is better than a glass of wine and far healthier! I highly suggest purchasing this book of wonder; You'll never be sorry." - Adria Schumann, Los Angeles, California. Jay W. MacIntosh’s published works include “Capturing Beauty”, “The Origins of George Bernard Shaw’s Life Force Philosophy”, “Janet Tallulah”, “Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume I”, "Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume 2", "Jayspeak on the Cote d'Azur", and "Moments in Time".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jay W. MacIntosh
• Release date: Jan 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370058655

Jay W. MacIntosh

Jay W. MacIntosh (born Janet Tallulah Jewell) is an attorney, actress, and writer from the United States, living in Nice, France. She is a member of the California Bar, selected to 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list. She holds a Master’s Degree in Drama from the University of Georgia, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Zodiac Scholastic Society. As an actress, she is a member of The Actors Studio, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), SAG-AFTRA, and ASCAP, performing in film and television in the United States and France. Her published works include "Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume 1", "Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume 2", "The Origins of George Bernard Shaw’s Life Force Philosophy", "Moments in Time", "Capturing Beauty", "JAYSPEAK on the Côte d’Azur", and "Janet Tallulah".

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Dedicated to: Trascey, Craig, and Blake

Introduction

I have been in love with flowers all of my life. So was Mother. She always had a garden of flowers and vegetables in the back yard. So, I had to have my own garden, too. I planted flowers and tried to grow a carrot or two, but my heart was in flowers. I loved going to the store to pick out seeds. I picked seeds according to the pretty pictures on the packets. Needless to say, that didn’t work very well because most seeds required climate and soil conditions that were not in our back yard. But that didn’t keep me from trying.

Flowers were important to me in grammar school, high school, college, and afterward. They were my pick-me-ups when I was depressed. They made holidays special – Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, July 4th. They made a boring Sunday sermon interesting. There were always fresh flowers in front of the pulpit. Then, after church, Daddy took us to Sunday Dinner at the Dixie Hunt Hotel. People stopped by our table to say hello and, while the adults were trading niceties, I checked out centerpieces on each table, wondering who got to take them home.

Mrs. Benson at Benson Florist probably made them because she did flowers for just about everything – marriages, funerals, special events. Her showroom was gorgeous – filled with arrangements. Mr. Benson did deliveries, along with